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Articles by John Tredennick

Cloud vs. Appliance: Comparing Total E-Discovery Cost

An ongoing debate among e-discovery professionals is over which is the better platform for hosting document search and review: the cloud or a local appliance. Among those who favor an appliance, a common argument is that bringing e-discovery in-house will reduce costs. But will it? One way to find out is to analyze the total cost of ownership (TCO) of cloud-based and appliance—based e-discovery platforms. Only by laying out all of the expenses required to support an application-including infrastructure, technology, staff and ongoing operational expenses—­can one accurately evaluate its cost. . . .